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I understand that Bill Gates (English: William Henry1955101October 28th-) is an American entrepreneur, software engineer, philanthropist and chairman of Microsoft Corporation. He co-founded Microsoft with paul allen, served as the CEO and chief software designer of Microsoft, held more than 8% of the company's common stock and was the largest individual shareholder of the company. From 1995 to 2007, Bill Gates ranked the richest man in the world for 13 years in a row. On June 27, 2008, he officially quit Microsoft and donated all his personal property of $58 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Forbes magazine published the ranking of the world's richest people on March 28th, 2009, and Bill Gates regained the top spot with assets of $40 billion. Gates was born on June 28th, 2009 and grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, william gates II, is a Seattle lawyer. Mary Gates, the late mother of Gates, was a school teacher, a director of the University of Washington and the president of United Way International.

Gates attended a public elementary school and a private lakeside middle school in Seattle. There, he discovered his interest in software and started computer programming at the age of 13.

From 65438 to 0973, Gates was admitted to Harvard University. Now steve ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, and I have become good friends. At Harvard, Gates developed a BASIC programming language for the first microcomputer, MITS Altair.

In his junior year, Gates left Harvard and devoted all his energy to the Microsoft Company founded by him and his childhood friend paul allen in 1975. Guided by the belief that computers will become the most important tool in every home and office, they began to develop software for personal computers. Gates' foresight and his foresight in personal computers have become the key to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. Under the leadership of Gates, Microsoft constantly develops and improves software technology to make software easier to use, more economical and more interesting. The company is committed to long-term development, as can be seen from the current annual R&D expenditure of more than 5 billion US dollars.

From 65438 to 0999, Gates wrote the book Business @ The Speed of Thinking: Using Digital Nervous System, which showed people how computer technology can solve business problems in a brand-new way. This book is published in 25 languages in more than 60 countries. Future Speed won wide acclaim and was listed as a best seller by The New York Times, USA-Today and The Amazon.com Wall Street Journal. Gates' last book, The Way Forward, was published in 1995, and once topped the The New York Times bestseller list for seven consecutive weeks.

Gates donated all the proceeds of the two books to non-profit organizations to support the use of science and technology in education and skills training.

In addition to his passion for computers and software, Gates is also interested in biotechnology. He is a member of the board of directors of ICOS, a company specializing in protein matrix and small molecule therapy. He is also an investor in many other biotechnology companies. Gates also founded Corbis, which is researching and developing one of the largest visible information resources in the world-a comprehensive digital archive of art and photography works from public and private collections around the world. In addition, Gates also invested in Teledesic with Craig McCaw, a pioneer in mobile phones. This is an ambitious plan, using hundreds of low-orbit satellites to provide two-way broadband telecommunications services covering the whole world.

For Gates, philanthropy is also very important. He and his wife Melinda have donated $3.46 billion to set up a fund to support charities in the fields of medical care, health and education around the world. It is hoped that as mankind enters the 2 1 century, the scientific and technological progress in these key fields will benefit all mankind. Up to today, the foundation established by Gates and his wife Melinda Gates has spent $65.438+73 billion on global health, and more than $900 million has been used to improve people's learning conditions, including purchasing computer equipment for Gates Library and providing Internet training and Internet access services for public libraries in low-income communities in the United States and Canada. In addition, more than 260 million US dollars will be used for community projects in the Pacific Northwest, and more than 380 million US dollars will be used for some special projects and annual gift distribution activities.

Gates and Melinda Gates of France got married in June 1994 65438+ 10/. They have three children. Gates likes reading, playing golf and bridge. Bill Gates is the only person in the world who thinks Buffett is not a miser.

Bill Gates retired on 27 June 2008. What is his image in the eyes of Microsoft colleagues? This is the CEO Ballmer who has been in charge of Microsoft with him for 28 years. He has the most say. "He is an introverted young man who doesn't like to talk much, but he is full of energy, especially at night. The situation at that time was that when I woke up in the morning, he was always ready to sleep. " Ballmer described Bill Gates in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal. Ballmer was right. Perhaps only vitality is the most critical factor for success. This is the best gift that Bill Gates left for everyone.